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Granite 4.2 8B
Granite 4.2 8B is an open-weight model from IBM, released Aug 31, 2026. It ranks #238 of 351 on the LMArena text leaderboard with a rating of 1319. It costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens, with a 128K-token context window.
- Developer
- IBM
- Released
- Aug 31, 2026
- Context window
- 128K
- Price in / out, per 1M tokens
- $0.06 / $0.25
- Weights
- Open · Apache 2.0
- Inputs
- Text
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Tool use
- Yes
- Hugging Face downloads, 30 days
- 80.2K
- Hugging Face likes
- 107
The rating LMArena published at each update since Sep 1, 2026. Ratings move as votes come in and new models join.
LMArena, by category
| Leaderboard | Rating | Rank | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TextLMArena | 1319 | 238 / 351 | 3.3K |
| CodingLMArena | 1378 | 200 / 346 | 828 |
| Creative writingLMArena | 1235 | 286 / 349 | 635 |
| Instruction followingLMArena | 1301 | 236 / 351 | 1.1K |
| Hard promptsLMArena | 1327 | 230 / 351 | 2.1K |
| Multi-turnLMArena | 1300 | 246 / 349 | 524 |
| Long queriesLMArena | 1324 | 225 / 330 | 1.4K |
| ExpertLMArena | 1386 | 171 / 305 | 317 |
| Legal and governmentIndustries | 1327 | 232 / 325 | 273 |
| Medicine and healthcareIndustries | 1332 | 227 / 325 | 239 |
| Business and financeIndustries | 1322 | 221 / 344 | 607 |
| ChineseLanguages | 1365 | 208 / 328 | 232 |
LMArena, CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 22, 2026. Where a model is rated at several effort levels, its best is shown.
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IBM
IBM’s Granite models are open, licensed for business and built for enterprise use. Founded 1911, based in Armonk. ibm.com/granite
Questions
Who makes Granite 4.2 8B?
Granite 4.2 8B is made by IBM, founded 1911 and based in Armonk.
How much does Granite 4.2 8B cost?
$0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens, at its provider’s list price.
What is Granite 4.2 8B’s context window?
128K tokens (131,072).
How does Granite 4.2 8B rank?
#238 of 351 on LMArena’s text leaderboard, rated 1319 (95% interval 1308–1330) from 3,259 votes, as of Oct 22, 2026.
Is Granite 4.2 8B open source?
Granite 4.2 8B has open weights under the Apache 2.0 license, downloadable from Hugging Face (ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b).